Word Meanings - FLOATATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

FLOTATION PROCESS
A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the
FLOTATION
1. The act, process, or state of floating. 2. The science of floating bodies. Center of flotation. The center of any given plane of flotation. More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. Rankine. -- Plane, or Line, of flotation,